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The Royal Plaza Suite at The Plaza in New York goes for $30,000 a night, and the luxury hotel says it's almost always booked. Guests take a private elevator to the 4,400-square-foot, three-bedroom suite that includes a dining room seating 12 people.

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Doyle Collection's Kensington Hotel will soon offer the largest townhouse hotel suite in London. Guests will pay more than $4,400 per night for the three-bedroom suite, or it can be rented as three separate units. The luxury space, measuring 1,920 square feet, includes a living room, dining room, a custom-designed cocktail cabinet and a 1930s Murano chandelier.

The Hotel Alpina Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland boasts glacier and valley views along with limestone and antique barn wood interiors, sourced and installed by Chaletbau Matti. The three-bedroom Panorama Suite is the main attraction, with its second-floor, cathedral ceiling spa room with a sculptural gas fireplace and large windows cut into the sloping roof. The spa includes a sauna, Jacuzzi on the terrace, steam room, and massage room.

High-end suites are gaining momentum as wealthy families from around the world are choosing them for their stays, according to Elite Traveler. The magazine said the $30,000-a-night Royal Suite at Hotel Plaza Athénée in Paris leads its list of 101 top suites in the world. "It makes sense to see luxury hotels with higher percentages of suites. The net worth of the world's 200,000 wealthiest families increased by $566 billion last year ... . They tend to travel with an entourage, and the fastest way for luxury hotels to increase their profits is to sell their suites more often," the magazine's Tova Syrowicz says.

Guests at the Lefay Resort & Spa can enjoy their own personal spa if they choose the new three-bedroom suite that the Italian resort just opened. The spa features chromotherapy, steam sauna and other treatments for two people and therapies that combine Chinese and Western practices.

The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, N.C., uses its EVOLVE energy-management system to enable guests to go green. Using in-room tablets, the luxury hotel lets guests manage light, temperature and entertainment. Another eco-luxury hotel is the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort in Fiji, which uses recycled water to nourish its fruit trees, organic herb and vegetable gardens.